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Mr James
That's a lot of added detail👍 and the figures are superb. Well done on the faces especially the eyes 👌

5sHHH1rrrr03
Thx !

Pepe
Looking

Neuling
Very promising pictures .........

Pietro De Angelis
Amazing details and figures!

Simon Nagorsnik
Oh yes, really nice paintjob on the miniatures!

gorby
Fantastic work!

Rui S
Looking Great 👍

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Michael Kohl
Me too

Ben M
Beautiful and intricate. The figures are excellent.

Neuling
Same as Ben. 👍👍👍

Mr James
Up there with the best figure painting I've seen on this site. Amazing work all round.

5sHHH1rrrr03
thanks for all ur comments ^^

Lex Jassies
A real beauty! What did you use for the tanker goggles glas?

Antony Merigot
What techniques do you use for your figure painting? Those are some of the best figures I have ever seen.

5sHHH1rrrr03
@Lex Jassies the googles are from tamiya kits in recent years, they are clear parts.
@Antony Merigot , I learnt figure painting from youtube , you can search guide video there. Many people making guidance are way better than me.

Spanjaard
excellent paint job and details added

Chris Derksen
One of the nicest finishes I've seen in a while. Weathering is awesome and really looks good up close and gives a great ambience overall to it.

David Taylor
Congrats on a fantastic build.

gorby
Very nice work so far.

Eric Martin
Thank you very much

Mr James
Beautiful detailed engine

René "Lord Bilbo" Bartholemy
Is this seat taken?
Nice work so far.

CaptGPF
Watching!

Guy Rump
Following. 👍

Neuling
Joining .............

René "Lord Bilbo" Bartholemy
It's coming along very nicely! 👍

Rui S
Excellent 👍

Eric Martin
Merci

Denis Dogadov
Great job, I really liked it, sheep like real ones !
I didn't like the exaggerated texture of the wood on the boards.
Processed and painted boards do not look like this.

René "Lord Bilbo" Bartholemy
Outre le reste, les moutons sont effectivement une grande réussite! 😉

Michael Kohl
Looking really good

CaptGPF
This build just keeps getting better and better! I love the nice touch of the sheep. IMHO, the wood looks right to me, I don't think they process and paint wood for fencing for farms, but then again, I'm not a farmer. 😀

Denis Dogadov
I meant the boards on the car, not the boards on the fence. 😊

Eric Martin
Ok thank you for the remark, I will try to improve my painting of wood panels

Mr James
Those sheep are amazing. I often find model animals to look like toys due to the fur. But these sheeps are brilliantly done. 🙂 Rui S also has a brilliant looking horse which comes to mind.

CaptGPF
Agree with Mr James - Rui and Eric have definitely mastered the Zen art of animal figures!

Eric Martin
Thank you very much

Rui S
As for me, I want to thank Mr James and CaptGPF for your kind words. Apreciated.
I've never made any sheep, but I hope that when I do, I'll be able to achieve at least, half the great quality of this Eric's sheep 👍
So far I have done a bird, a chicken and its chick, a German Shepherd and a horse. I'm currently doing another dog.

Eric Martin
It is indeed a difficult exercise to paint animals. I tried several techniques and finally I succeeded in this work with oil paintings by gradually going from the darkest to the lightest and with a succession of washes

Thomas Haberl - TH SCALE MODELS
That is art! I have to take a first row seat here and see the progress. Very impressive 👍

Spanjaard
certainly not going to miss thus master class

Dave Flitton
Wow, watching!!

Skyhiker
Right on!

Greg Baker
Oh, sign me up. I'd watch F_IV do the laundry.

Robert Podkoński
I will follow this talent show with pleasure.

gorby
Lovely work.

Michael Kohl
Surely another build that will leave me speechless and striving to come closer to this level.

William Adair
Omg thanks everyone. You guys are the best! I'm interested to see how this one comes out. I'll add more progress soon. 🤞

Ludvík Kružík
I like old planes from the early days of aviation. Your scrathbuild is fantastic. I admire how you can render all the little details in this scale. I wish you continued success in building this model and look forward to the sequel.

Bruce Huxtable
Your talents are beyond my comprehension.... Totally amazing scratch building 🙂 This little gem is already gorgeous🙂

Shar Dipree
Great work so far! 👍👍👍👍

bughunter
Another great little bird in that microscopic scale 👍

William Adair
Added a new pic. Starting on the cockpit details 👌

Bruce Huxtable
More micro-perfection. Astonishing 🙂

Michael Kohl
By the way: will your book be available in Telford in November?

William Adair
Hi Michael, I'm not sure. It should be out by then but I don't know if any sellers will be stocking it. I live in Australia unfortunately, so Telford is well outside my maximum range 😢

William Adair
Added the large control wheel to the pilot's cockpit from soldered wire and heat curved sprue. I like the little brass hub in the middle 🙂

Skyhiker
You seem to have really good control over your soldering. What tools do you have? That control wheel is impressive.

gorby
The many years training to be a jeweler probably helps. 😄

William Adair
@Skyhiker I have an inexpensive soldering iron from an electronics store. It is nothing special, but the best thing I have is liquid soldering flux. Using that allows the solder to grab the surface and stick without requiring too much heat or flooding the area with solder.

@gorby Being a jeweller helped at first. But now I am finding that the modelmaking is helping me be a better jeweller! 👍

Alec K
Outstanding work! The book is on order 👍

William Adair
Wow, thank you Alec! Hopefully it will be in your mailbox soon 🙏
I added a few more pics. Test fitting the undercarriage and one of the prototype wheels.

Christian Bruer
Outstanding craftsmanship. I really like your tiny scratch built projects 👍

Michael Kohl
Me too.
But obviously he doesn't show how he did the wheels to prevent us from fainting. 😉

Skyhiker
I just don't get how its possible. Really man, you need to get a life or something. This shit is just way too good!

Mr D
Wow, what scale👌, l struggle to build a 1:72 without breaking of a tail wheel or antenna 🤣.
Really nice n interesting subject 👍👍

Skyhiker
Where do you get your blueprints?

William Adair
@Michael Kohl, I made an album about the wheel back in January, showing the stages of construction. Spoked wheel test, 1/144 | Album by F_IV
@Skyhiker, Windsock Datafiles provide the best drawings. I also use the 3-view drawings from the Wingnut Wings kit for some areas.

Zbynek Honzik
A masterpiece is being created here!!! Scratchbuild at this scale and this quality! Unbelievable! Bravo! 👏👏👏

bughunter
Great progress 👍
I have a kit in 1:48, but your build looks much better and has more details!

William Adair
Thank you, it's slowly coming along. Adding more details now that the main components are painted. It's always my favourite part of a build. 🙂

Mr D
Great " Little" project this one, brilliant work 👍👍

Ludvík Kružík
That's beyond me. How can you make such perfect little things in this mini scale? You have my great admiration. 👍

Alec K
Same here! Paint looks superb 👍

Łukasz Gliński
Can't agree more w/Ludvik, my Eyeballs Mk.I woudln't allow that. What Mark are you using? 😉

William Adair
Lol, my eyesight is rubbish these days. I'm using +6 reader glasses from ebay to compensate 😉
Added a picture of the new seatbelts, made from .1mm wire and painted cigarette paper. 👍🏿

Alec K
Wow, those seatbelts! My copy of your book is finally shipping, can't wait. And I empathize with your eyesight woes: i am +3 on glasses plus +2 on optivisor 😢

Bruce Huxtable
Beyond astonishing! If ever I need a Brain Surgeon....

William Adair
Added the surface texture to the cowling using a sharp Pearl-grey pencil and an aqueous satin clear coat to seal it 👍

Roland Sachsenhofer
Boah! This is the best thing I've seen so far - thank you for this pleasure! I will definitely follow it.

Michael Kohl
Surface textures as this are rarly seen done convincingly. Yours is an excellent one.

Robert Podkoński
You're a wizard, William... this is all far beyond my sight abilities, not only my skills...

Ludvík Kružík
Phenomenal project! What you are doing here in this mini scale is amazing. 👍 You don't see this kind of detail work too often even on larger models.
I suppose giving fleas horseshoes isn't a challenge for you. 😉

Alec K
Excellent progress. I have finally received, and am about halfway through reading, William's excellent book. To those interested in how he does what you see in this album, I can wholeheartedly recommend it. I am certainly planning to incorporate many of his techniques into my own scratchbuilt projects. How he does what he does in 1:144 scale is still a mystery to me (although the book supplies hints 😉), but they are applicable across any scale really. Well done!

fonthill.media/en-us..H8pwXYRicTk5zfkw0RWx

Ben M
Good to see this one come up again. The "giraffe" finish on the metal nose is perfect.

Spanjaard
Here you have the link, without tracking part.... fonthill.media/colle..roducts/ww1-in-scale

Christian Bruer
This is such an amazing work. I much admire you skills doing such a crips and fine work in scale onefourfour 👍

William Adair
Thanks guys for the very kind words. It's been a huge challenge but it is slowly getting there!
@Alec, I'm so happy that you are enjoying the book. I just got my copy the other day too 🙂

Mr D
The scalpel blade really shows the scale, be no good for my chunky hands, l stick to 144 to my small scale 🤣🤣
Good quality for it's size., No reason to run out of room Building at this scale 👌😁👍

Greg Baker
I always blink twice when I see William's builds... tiny little beauties! As a 1/144 scale fan, they warm my heart.

Zbynek Honzik
I just keep looking fascinated at the next procedure and say BRAVO! 👏👏👏
This defies the normal laws of physics...

Matthew A
My copy of your book just arrived. Wow! One question - where do you get your two foot long matchsticks from? 😋

William Adair
Lol, right across the road from Giant Coin World 😛
Hoping to be ready to start the rigging in a few more weeks (if all goes well). Added a new header pic, showing where it started, versus where it is now .

Erik Off
Speechless.
How do you hold/fix such tiny parts to work on them?
Wow, just wow. Oo

Michael Kohl
Truly amazing.

William Adair
Hi Erik, cheers! Sometimes I just use a tiny dab of water to hold parts while I am test fitting them or getting ready to glue. The capillary action holds the parts while I'm swapping hands from tweezers to glue. Since I started doing that, I've spent 75% less time on the floor looking for lost parts. Other times I make a simple holding jig from scrap plastic to align parts. It saves a ton of time and frustration.

Mike Szwarc
Amazing tiny work! Beautiful!!

Alexander Grivonev
Work of art

Pepe
😳😳😳😳

Bruce Huxtable
Pure jewelry 😍

Mr D
Been an inspiration and learning experience watching.
I like the odd 1:144 but this is next level X2 🤣
Great well done 👍👍

Rui S
Excellent 👍

Spanjaard
breathtaking, wow....

Bernhard Schrock
No longer „just model making" but model building art! Chapeau!

Shar Dipree
Great! 👍

Mr D
It's very cleaver build, you would make a good watch maker 🤣
Can't believe how small, lm working on a 1:144 and this would fit on the wing 😲🤣
Brilliant 😁👍

William Adair
Hey thanks! Looking forward to getting it finished. Added some more details to the engine. Working on the spoked wheels now.

LucLuke B
Splendid work.

William Adair
Made a set of spoked wheels in 1/144. Might split some atoms later, IDK...

Alexander Grivonev
You sir are a freking madman. This level of detail at this scale....insane👍 How the hell did you make those spokes?

Alexander Grivonev
Okay, found the how to do album. Madness...

Rui S
Yap. Unbelievable 👍

U1 PLAMO
This is truly a wonderful piece of work! I'm happy to see the works I liked on X here!

Robert Podkoński
I am speechless...

Roland Sachsenhofer
Just am able to say: as well-speechless.....!!

Alex K
👀

Alec K
Great to see you posting here! Following 👍

Ben M
👀

Michael Kohl
How did it go together?

David Henyk
Michael: pretty well. It has few parts only. I have experience with many of their kits and this one is in their standard.

Michael Kohl
Fine to hear. I built a Whitney Miles from them. Looks like the Standard is high throughout their range.

Moreno Baruffini
👀

Robert Podkoński
A little late, but joining the party!

Robert Podkoński
I am not a specialist, but for me she looks like one of TinTin's planes. (and I have just ordered one 😉 )

David Henyk
Robert: Indeed, I had the same thought 🙂 I'm not a big fan of Civil machines, more into military stuff, but everytime SBS releases something like this, I can not resist.

Robert Podkoński
I cannot resist purchasing the SBS models too...

Skyhiker
👀

David Henyk
Additional info you will find on our blog 72insight.com/en/farman-f-231-1-72-sbs-model/

Rui S
Excellent work & great photos too 👍

Ondrej Skarka
Perfektní Davide, jako vždy!

bughunter
Wonderfully done 👍

Robert Podkoński
Beautiful! And fantastic photos too!

Alec K
Agreed, excellent work.

Moreno Baruffini
Really excellent!

gorby
Nice work.

Thomas E.
Thank you all! I hope to show you an interesting scene ... some day 🙂

Neuling
Looking forward ....... a promising start here

Thomas E.
Thank you for your interest. Next may be a Land Rover or an Unimog - both were commonly used in Lebanon. I'm looking for suitable figures like the MB-Iraqis and the AK-Technical Riders.

Neuling
👍

Miguel Vaquero
Following!!

Matti Thomaes
Watching

Jan Peters
Welcome mates

Jan Peters
Made a careful start. Parts are a mixed bag, some very nicely done, some a bit crude and oversized.

Jan Peters
Any thoughts on how to make the anti radar material on the snorkel?

Matti Thomaes
Can't help you there Jan, I didn't even know there was anti-radar material on the snorkel...

Jan Peters
I had a go at it, looks more crude in the pictures then it looks in real life, might do some fine tuning later

Sebastian Meyner
Nice work so far Jan 👍 Following with interest 👀

Jan Peters
Thanks Sebastian, and welcome 🤗

Jan Peters
It would be nice to see someone do a 3d printed snorkel someday.

Guy Rump
Looking great, following. 👍

Jan Peters
Thanks Guy, and welcome mate.

Jan Peters
More work done 🫡

Jan Peters
Trying to refine some parts that are over scale.

Sebastian Meyner
Oh boy, you worked this mattress hard 😛

In all honesty: great detail work Jan 👍

Jan Peters
😁 thanks Sebastian!

Miguel Vaquero
That's one of the things I hate about Revell. For a modern kit maker, their tolling is sometimes horrendous. But with some quality hands like yours the parts look incredible.

Jan Peters
Thanks Miguel, you're too kind, but I'm trying my best 🫡

Jan Peters
Tried to scratch a new gun shield for the doppelflak, might have another go at it as it is not to my liking.

Villiers de Vos
Booking my seat.

Jan Peters
Welcome Villiers

Jan Peters
Ready for paint

Jan Peters
First layers of paint brushed on🙂

Jan Peters
Painting this is a slow proces

Sebastian Meyner
No matter how slow, progress is progress 😉 👍

Jan Peters
More slow progress 🙂

Villiers de Vos
Very nice progress.

Jan Peters
Thanks Villiers 🙏🏻

Guy Rump
Looking great! 👍

Jan Peters
Thanks Guy! 🙂

Jan Peters
Weathering in progress, my favourite part of submarine modelling 🙂

Jan Peters
Ensign added, hoping to finish it tomorrow 🙂
Happy new year to all!

gorby
Nice work and for this scale the figure painting is excellent.

Jan Peters
Thanks Gorby, even with reading glasses on, it is hard to get the paint in the right spot🥸

Sebastian Meyner
Figure painting in 1:144 …wow, that is some dedication 👍

Jan Peters
I'm trying to get some sense of scale into the model Sebastian , although the over scale parts will be sticking out like a sore thumb 🙂

Jan Peters
Nearly done, just need to add the wires to finish it.

Miguel Vaquero
This is truly an art piece, that weathering on the hill looks so real, and those figures. Truly amazing Jan. Congrats on a beautiful model

Jan Peters
You're making me blush Miguel. Thanks for the kind words 🙏🏻

Chris T. An
This is the first time for me to tackle a complete resin kit. And when I look at the individual parts, it will be a real challenge. There is an extreme amount of rework needed on each part. Hope I can get it to work.

Finn
Best of luck, it will be interesting to follow

Michael Kohl
I am in too

Robert Podkoński
I will watch with pleasure and interest too.

Alex K
A 3D-printed PZL Dromader???!!! Following for sure!! (The Grand Models cast-resin kit is perhaps above my skills - and I still wait for the Karaya injection one...). Your ag-aircraft & ground equipment dio will turn... monumental! 👍

Marcel Klemmer
Very interesting project👍 I am in

Villiers de Vos
Very nice progress on an unusual subject.

Chris T. An
Thank you all for watching. Alex, I also saw the Grand Models kit for the M18, but I was frightened from some build reviews, there is a lot of rework to do on that kits. I have now the same or a bit more work, but I got the 3D file for free from Thingiverse.

I am really not a Pro in sratch building but I will try to engrave some panel lines and add some more greeblies to the plane. The 3D file is very poor in details.

Alex K
Nice progress! 👍

Robert Podkoński
Fantastic Dromader! (I wish I had one... I have no access to 3d printing, alas...😭 )

Chris T. An
Robert, you can have a look to the Grand Models resin kits. I am much more disappointed that there is no kit in 1:72 and no 3D file of a PZL 106 Kruk. I would spend some money on that because it would fit perfect to the Dromader and Cmelák.

Robert Podkoński
Actually, that is something that makes me angry too - I would love to see (and buy) decent kits of "Wilga" and "Kruk" (not mentioning PZL M-15 "Belphegor" 😉 )... but apparently no Polish manufacturers are interested in preparing these.

Alex K
Guys... let's look a bit at the bright side: who would have thought a few years ago that one day (today!) there would be kits of the Cmelak, the Dromader, the Grumman AgCat (in both 1:72 & 1:48!!!), the Piper Pawnee?! Some are short-run, some are cast-resin, some are 3D-files-to print - nevertheless, something is slowly moving towards that direction! So, yes, I do hope too there will be someday a Kruk available in 1:72 or a Belphegor! And your buys of such kits and your modelling work proves that there's some interest in such topics! Keep it up! 👍

Robert Podkoński
You're right, Alex 🙂 "Always look on the bright side of life..." 😉

Robert Podkoński
I am afraid there is a spelling error on the decals, Chris... I see "Dromedar" instead of "Dromader"... The plane looks awesome!

Chris T. An
Robert, I can understand that it is confusing, but in the GDR, "Dromedar" was actually used. This is the German translation of the word. Feel free to search for pictures of it, here would be an example: [img1]

Robert Podkoński
I have not known about that, sorry Chris... That's really interesting.

Alex K
Nice trivia... and as Robert said: it looks awesome!

Bernhard Schrock
Dromader: An outstanding result from such a simple kit!

Neuling
Everything top notch here! But what about the excavator? May a combined diorama?

Chris T. An
The excavator is still coming. I haven't dared to go any further yet. Let's see, maybe I'll get motivated again in the fall/winter. 😉

Neuling
👍

Michael Kohl
Very well done Dromedar. Anxious about the excavator.

Villiers de Vos
Fantastic work on the crop duster.

Chris T. An
It is not easy to find out with which lettering the excavator was delivered in the color used in the respective year of construction. I'll have to see which decals I print out.

Ben M
What a great project! You got an amazing result with the 3d printed aircraft.

Mark Sherwood
That's excellent, I operate a CAT M3050 Material Handler at work, very similar. Weathering on the grabs are spot on. 🥸👍

Spanjaard
that is looking amazing, and it is not yet finished.....

gorby
Fantastic work so far.

Chris T. An
Thank you guys. So now I can set all the small projects into place for the final diorama. Think I will need one more figure to show an excavator operator.

Łukasz Gliński
That excavator looks insanely real 👍

Michael Kohl
Just saw one cycling in the Erzgebirge and can only agree with Lukasz. Weathering is spot on.

Finn
Awesome!

Robert Podkoński
Fantastic job!

Bernhard Pethe
Genau wie ich den T174 gekannt habe. Super! 👍

Chris T. An
So I finally finished the complete diorama. Hope you like it.

Ben M
It's wonderful!

Robert Podkoński
Awesome job! Chapeau bas!

gorby
WOW, stunning dio!
Is the digger going to grab the Trabant? 😄

Alex K
Oh my... Deepest respects!

Spanjaard
fantastic!!!

Michael Kohl
Chris, maybe you mentioned it somewhere, but where do figures and Trabant come from? Maybe you can even add those to the project's kit list.

Guy Rump
Very impressive and unusual dio. 👍

Chris T. An
Thanks to all of you, really appreciate it. Danke!

Chris T. An
Made a short video of the finished diorama, please see here:

Youtube Video

Maciej Bellos
Following!

Ricardo Reis
Welcome Maciej.

Nathan Dempsey
Following 👀

Ricardo Reis
Welcome Nathan

Maciej Bellos
Ricardo, imagine this same grainy surface on the 72nd edition of this kit. I took a closeup of the wing and it looked, well, hideous!!!

Ricardo Reis
Yes... and the fit is also not... perfect... 🙂

Robin (WhiteGlint)
Coming along nicely. 👀

Ricardo Reis
Yes, the plane is very nice, although I got some nasty gaps on the fuselage joint on some point - not sure if it's the kit or if it was me...

Jos Jansen
Iam in Ricardo...promising start!

Robin (WhiteGlint)
I think it is the kit. I built the 1:72 scale version from Zvezda and faced pretty much the problems you did.

Ricardo Reis
Thanks mates; @WhiteGlint, thank you for you feedback - always comforting to know it probably wasn't my bad modeling that caused the bad alignment! 🙂

Maciej Bellos
It's the kit... As WhiteGlint, I am working on the 72nd kit, whose basic engineering was used in 48th scale kit and I see the same problems. My intakes look hideous so I will just finish it without much of a fuss.

Ricardo Reis
Yes, a lot of Perfect Plastic Putty to remedy this; the fuselage (front to wings comparison) is also a little crooked, but only I can see it! 🙂

Ricardo Reis
Progressing now with the painting, slowly

Robin (WhiteGlint)
Super clean paintjob!

Ricardo Reis
Thank you @WhiteGlint - the dirty part will come after, with some restrained weathering made with oils

Gidge
Nice! I've been inveterate in this kit for a while. How is it to work on?

Ricardo Reis
Thanks. It has some fitting problems between upper and lower halves; apart from that, it's ok, although not very accurate: a lot of missing panels and venting grid due to over-simplification; for example, the grids below the intakes are decals!

Ricardo Reis
Decalling complete, now moving to panel line pin washes...

Ricardo Reis
This on is complete; final photos of the model in this album -> Su-57 "The President" | Album by RReis (1:48)

Spanjaard
quite a tutorial in masking. amazing job. she looks gorgeous!

Ricardo Reis
Thank you @Spanjaard

Samko222954
what color did you use on the nose of the plane? @Ricardo Reis

Ricardo Reis
Hello @Samko222954, I'm sorry but I can't remember, probably one FS paint that looked ok to me (I never mix paints).

Samko222954
and you wouldn't be able to see which one it is?

Cristian A
Booking my seat

Nicolas
Following as well.

Petar Žorić
Glad that it peaked your interest, grab a coffee and enjoy 😄

DerMattes
Looking good, following 👍

Petar Žorić
Hope you enjoy! And thank you @DerMattes

Taylor Durbon
Good job on the gearbay. Will follow on👍

DerMattes
What pilot models are these?

Oleg Bogolei
Following)

ZHOU Kun
Thank you @Taylor Durbon @Oleg Bogolei

The pilots are 3D printed by my friend. The pilots are wearing HGU-55P helmets which are too modern for an A-6A aircraft, anyway I decided to use them. I dont have better pilots at hand. @DerMattes

Nicolas
Following

Akaidada
Following ：D

Chris T. An
Nice work progress, I will take a seat.

Torsten
Some progress

Torsten
Base is done, finished for the showbox

Acki
Wow. Ich glaube, ich muss auch mal so ein Ding bauen!
Sieht top aus!

S M
Nice!

Ben M
Super ball!

Torsten
Thank you very much 🙂

@Acki, wie gehts? Gutes Neues!

Acki
@Torsten, alles gut soweit. Dir auch ein gutes neues Jahr!
Wird Zeit, dass Du mal wieder nach Berlin kommst.

Krzysztof Szymkiewicz
Nice colors 💪

Torsten
THX Krzysztof 🙂

Ben M
👀

DerMattes
Sieht gut aus, schau ich mir weiter an 🙂

Angelo
danke! 🙂

Michael Jonker
Looking good 👍

Jennifer Franklin
Very nice detail work, you inspire. Looking good. 👍

Angelo
thanks friends. 🙂

Bruce Huxtable
Very neat work, and superb results 👍

Angelo
thanks bruce! 🙂

Guy Rump
Looking good. 👍

Bernd Grün
Sauber gebaut. Sieht sehr gut aus, Glückwunsch! 👌

Villiers de Vos
Nice progress. Very good paint work.

Skyhiker
I'm late but love what I see!

Angelo
thanks mates! ✌🏻

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work. Clean work on the glass.

Angelo
thanks villiers! 🙂

Simon O'Gorman
That's incredible stuff. Stunning.

Angelo
thanks simon! 🙂

Guy Rump
Very impressive Angelo. 👍

Skyhiker
What paints did you use? They look very impressive.

Rui S
Well done👍

Jennifer Franklin
I like the staging! Very nice.

Angelo
thanks friends! 🙂 @Skyhiker primed, preshadow and inner with Mission Models. outside with Vallejo Model Air and the coats (gloss and matt) from tamiya.

Angelo
thanks Trez. I'm not a big fan of Revell but this kit is good...

Nicolas Lopez
Wonderful model, Angelo. I'll start mine soon. Keep it going! 👍

Jv
Looking forward to see what the kit is like
Seen the model in the shops for sometime

Villiers de Vos
My impressions so far:
Lots of seamlines;
Some sink marks;
Clear instructions;
Parts clearly marked;
Parts fit not perfect, but not challenging. 🙂

Robert Podkoński
Watching with pleasure!

Tini Hendriks
Huge!

Villiers de Vos
I plan to build this car as sub-assemblies (chassis, engine and body/coachwork.
I have spend some time getting all the parts off that the chassis comprise of, stripped off the chrome of the specific parts and painted everything. While working on and painting the floor pan and radiator cover, I also painted the rest of the body panels.
That being said, lets build the chassis.

Villiers de Vos
I used Tamiya Paint stripper. One of my wife's silk stockings to strain the small parts out and recovered most of the liquid. Beware, it stinks!

Villiers de Vos
Thank you Benjamin, I will keep my eyes open. This seems like I saddled a wild horse here.

Kyle DeHart
One I have long wanted to build, but price and availability make it so hard. Not sure how I missed the beginning of this but I can't wait to see where you take it

Kyle DeHart
Chassis looks nice!

Mona
if anyone can tame this horse you can Villiers 👍

Villiers de Vos
Thank you for the words of encouragement Kyle and Mona.
I hope to give an honest and clear report. You may call me a glutton for punishment because I have another model from this manufacturer in my stash 🙂

Kyle DeHart
I hope it's another 1/12 scale classic race car Villiers but that's just me being selfish. 😂. I'll be here every step of the way.

Villiers de Vos
Kyle, it is the Fiat Mefistofele in 1:12. I love the classic cars and 1:12 is my favourite scale.

Kyle DeHart
Excellent!! The Mefistofele is maybe my favorite one. Love the look of that car. A somewhat local shop to me even has one on the shelf but for a price even higher than eBay! Lol. So, for now, I will live vicariously through others. Your 806 is looking really nice so far!!

bughunter
Not my scale, but I need to follow the nice builds by Villiers 👍

Kyle DeHart
Man those wires are beautiful. And the grill. Great stuff.

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Villiers de Vos
Thank you Kyle, Bughunter and Guy for your kind words.
I am nearly finished with the chassis and found the front suspension a challenging. The project is time consuming but also very rewarding at the same time.

Michael Kohl
Although six times too big for my regular appetite, you definitely watered my mouth with this build so far. Beautiful progress of a fast looking car.

Kyle DeHart
The first "modern" F1 car as we know them today. Low slung and Purpose built and with no riding mechanic. Fiats racing factory claimed it was capable of nearly 150 mph. A great subject to build a model of.

Villiers de Vos
I made some progress today. The construction work on the chassis will be completed within the next few days. The parts for the engine has also been cleaned up, build in sub-assemblies and painted up.

Kyle DeHart
The radiator and grille assembly look really fantastic. As does your chassis work.

Villiers de Vos
Thank you for your kind comments Kyle.
This starting to look like a car 🙂

Jv
Looking great sofare lots of work in that one

Villiers de Vos
Thank you Jv.

Vincent
Very impressive work until now. Can't wait to see where this is going.

Rui S
That is looking great 👍 I'M In 😎

Villiers de Vos
Thank you Vincent and Rui.

That ugly four letter word W-O-R-K kept on interfering with benchwork this past month 🙂

bughunter
Great work! 👍
I hope you never need the content of the bottle, which are visible in the background of pic 41 !

Regarding your ugly four letter word: From the inside, the hamster wheel looks like a career ladder 😉

Villiers de Vos
Thank you Frank. I hope to show that the content did not recede in follow-up pictures 🙂

The engine has now been married to the chassis. Inserting the flexible hose close to the gearbox had me muttering under my breath.... Only once or twice perhaps.....

Kyle DeHart
Looking great!!

Guy Rump
Looking really good Villiers. 👍

Rui S
Looking beautifull already 👍

Chris Vandegrift
This was such a cool era of racing. You're really making this look like it came forward in time!

Martin
Great work Villiers! it looks really good so far. Im quite surprised by the kit quality, or does it just looks good on the pictures?

Villiers de Vos
Kyle, Guy, Rui and Chris, thank you for your kind words.

Martin, every single part needs cleaning up. My effort is far form flawless.

Martin
Ok, so the quality is similar to all Italeri kits...

Denys Astakhov
Great work!

Rui S
That looks a complex kit. Great progress 👍

Jv
Fantastic work
Thanks for all the information and pics on this build
Very interesting

bughunter
Good to see new progress after a while 👍

Villiers de Vos
Thank you for your kind words. I lost count how many times I have stripped the paint on the body. The end is in sight. In polishing the body shell I accidently broke off the "needle " that holds down the bonnet panels.

Ian Doody
Nice step by step build, great looking car. Its on my wishlist.

CaptGPF
Very nice! Love the step by step photos and the details! And the wood grain looks amazing! I wonder how much of it will be visible when it's all put together. When I started this hobby, I would skip detailing hard to see parts in my kits, but have since started detailing everything…. I may have developed OCD because of this hobby….

Maurits van der Aa
Great build, my friend. Top notch!

Kerry COX
WOW. ! My juices are flowing mate. What an exciting trip . !
Your descriptive texts have de mystified a most complex and detailed kit. 👍
I was never much of a fan of the Italian model makers, but with this, I could get my mojo back. 🙂
Almost $300.00 here in Aus, but from how you have presented it. Fully worth every penny and the time it would take.
I am sold. 👍 🙂

Kyle DeHart
I agree completely Kerry. This build log has also really made me want to save my pennys so I can try to tackle this at some point.

Jennifer Franklin
Nice step-by-step build, which makes it easy to follow. I don't think I will try this anytime soon, I already want something a little easier for my second model 🙂. Beautiful work on your part.

Daniel Klink
Following! 👍

Villiers de Vos
Thank you Mates for your interest and positive remarks. I am calling this one finished. I am happy with the outcome although it is far from perfect. I left notes (my own thoughts) at the top of the project.

Jennifer Franklin
Looks good, a very nice end result.

Guy Rump
Excellent build, congrats! 👍

Rui S
Beautiful outcome. Great work 👍

Richie Williams
Stunning!

Kerry COX
Next will be of it in a display case with a Gold medal attached . 🙂 👍

Kyle DeHart
Really fantastic result!!

Jv
Agree whed kyle congratulations

Stéphane Jayet
Perfect result

Dave
That is a beautiful build. Nice job 👍

Robert Podkoński
Beautiful!

Ard S.
Fantastic. What a nice job you did

Vincent
Very nice result!!!

Michael Kohl
I like how it turned out. Beautiful car snd decent model.

Pietro De Angelis
WOW!

bughunter
Nice to see it finished! Great work 👍

Villiers de Vos
Thank you everybody for your kind words. It is very much appreciated.

Jean-Daniel Aebischer
Très beau travail, tu sais ces kits Italeri sont des reboîtages de Protar, une marque de maquettes très approximatives, il y a toujours beaucoup d'inexactitudes et donc de travail. Ce sont des modèles qui se méritent, Bravo. 👍

Spanjaard
Amazing build report and fantastic results. Wow

gorby
Oooohhhh, very, very nice!

Ben Rocke
this is OUTSTANDING !

Villiers de Vos
Thank you for everyone's kind remarks and likes. It is humbling.

Roberto Rocat
Wow. Beautiful FIAT!

Villiers de Vos
Thank you Roberto.

Neil
Blimey! What a build (and a great journey album) Villiers 🙂👍 👏

Mr James
Great building pics. A pleasure to watch. There's some lovely detailed painting going on in this build. 🙂

Villiers de Vos
Neil and James, thank you for your kind words.

Lawrence Landis
Very intricate work.

Wojtek G.
Wow!

Villiers de Vos
Lawrence and Wojtek G, thank you for your kind words. Yes, it is very intricate work. This model was a real challenge. To see it completed and not back in it's box is very gratifying 🙂

Randy Kriegel
Very nice build.

Ludvík Kružík
Villiers, you've done some honest modelling work on this model and it shows.
Your Fiat looks great! 👍

Villiers de Vos
Gentlemen, thank you for your kind words.

Richard Berrie
Wonderful work, and especially the way you share so much with the community. We really appreciate the hard work and dedication. Thank you.

Richard Berrie
I have the Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Monza from Italeri in my lineup to start this year. I think your build will go a long way to help with mine.

Stephen Lesley
Absolutely stunning model. For some reason, the black wire wheels really set off the car. Makes it look so much more purposeful.

Villiers de Vos
Richard and Stephan, thank you for the time taken to comment and your kind words.

Richard, yes I also love the larger scale cars. I am happy to hear that you found this build report helpful. Two aspects of the Mefistofele that is now on the bench that I find is taxing on me is the engine wiring (which I finished) and the drive chain (in process). The end result makes it worthwhile. Italeri's offerings are not "shake and bake" kits 🙂

Anthony lfk
This is very detailed built chronology ! better than the manual itself ! Great workmanship sir ! Congrats !

Villiers de Vos
Thank you Anthony. Much appreciated.

Jan Peters
Another Beauty 😍

Brent Caughy
Fantastic.

Mike Thomas
Fantastic work, sir! Leather helmet, goggles, maybe a pair of gloves and everyday footwear...those boys had some gonads, for sure!

Villiers de Vos
Gentlemen, thank you for your kind remarks.

U1 PLAMO
This is a very beautiful and impressive finish! The production process was fun as it was like watching an actual car being assembled.

Villiers de Vos
Thank you sir. It is appreciated.

Lochsa River
awesome....

Lawrence Landis
Beautiful work

Guido
Awesome result meticulously documented!

👌🏻🙏🏻

Rui S
Another beauty 👍

Łukasz Gliński
Well done 👍

Thomas Kolb
That is a masterful paintjob on this little aircraft!

Łukasz Gliński
Impressive job indeed 👍

Alec K
Looks like a great show! Thanks for sharing 👍

Villiers de Vos
Thank you for sharing. Very inspirational.

Lorraine Lin
Winners will be announced on Jan 1st, I will update then.
Happy new year everyone!

gorby
I had quite a few "WOW!" moments looking though those photos. Looks an amazing show and thanks for taking the time to post.

Hans-Jürgen Haag
Thanks for sharing!👍

Lorraine Lin
Too many pictures, so I made a contents here:
Aviation: The 18th Shanghai New Year Model Contest | Album by Sky after Snow
Military vehicle: The 18th Shanghai New Year Model Contest | Album by Sky after Snow
Marine: The 18th Shanghai New Year Model Contest | Album by Sky after Snow
Civil cars: The 18th Shanghai New Year Model Contest | Album by Sky after Snow
Science fiction: The 18th Shanghai New Year Model Contest | Album by Sky after Snow
Figure: The 18th Shanghai New Year Model Contest | Album by Sky after Snow
Junior group (age <14 yrs): The 18th Shanghai New Year Model Contest | Album by Sky after Snow

George Williams
I live in China and modelling is very much a minority hobby here. Nice to see some non-military models here. Thanks for sharing,

Erik Off
Great stuff! Compared to us in the EU, the visitors seem much younger. 👍
Picture 269 confuses me a bit - is model making a school subject in China?

Lorraine Lin
Yes George, Modeling is a relative minority hobby here in China. Comparing to military model or civil model, Anime and manga model is more popular, like GUNDAM or Garage kits. But I do see more and more new brands and new products, and more young molders.

Akaidada
COOL COOLER COOLEST I find my AH-64D~

看到我的阿帕奇了

Lorraine Lin
@Erik, Indeed, the history of models in China is not long. In the late 1990s, Matchbox and Bandai established joint venture companies in China and introduced model kit products into the country. Therefore, most model enthusiasts in China are under 40 years old.
And picture 269 is from National Youth Model Championship which is organized by the government. Actually this Shanghai New year model contest also sponsored by the government since year 2006.

Lorraine Lin
@Akaidada, 图25吗？我在比例战鹰里看到过。膜拜一下☺️

Alec K
Thank you for sharing background info about modeling in China. Very interesting 👍

Erik Off
Interesting, thank you for the info. 🙂

Lorraine Lin
Uploaded some more pictures from day 2.

Alec K
I have to say that the quality, both in execution and complexity, of the figures is one of the best I have seen 👍

Pietro De Angelis
Beautiful works, thanks for sharing.

Waikong
Some great models, thanks for sharing this, very inspirational!

Neuling
Thanks for sharing! Top modelling on display!

Erik Off
Can you perhaps say something about picture 248?
The heads look so ultra-realistic, I can hardly believe they were just painted. 😮

Lorraine Lin
@Erik, I don't have any more background about pic 248, but I just updated two more photos (346 & 347). For figure group, personally I like pic 301 most, thr handsome soldier☺️

Kim Branders
Good work. Grtz Kim.

Es-haq Khosravi
Great job!

Rui S
Thank you for your comments. Very old italeri kit. Waited for years for a zimmerit solution...

Rui S
Kim, Coming from an real Expert in the subject like you, is a great complement, Thanks.

Kim Branders
I'm not an expert, just someone shares the same hooby like you. Keep up the good work mate.

Kim Branders
I meant hobby😉

Rui S
HeHeHe. For me your work is great, so if not an Expert I'm sure you are a Great modeller.

Marko Paakkanen
Very nice tree !😉

Nice dio coming!

Rui S
Thanks Marko. Yes a small one that also died early...

Donald Medley
Love your base

Rui S
Thank you Donald, the finished one is in the photo19

Tim Heimer
I love the detail work, just awesome!

Rui S
Thank you very much Timothy. It's on hold, because I thought in put some figurines in the tank and a horse rider or so in the trail next to it. I'm not very good in figurine faces... I've yet to try the oils on them😉

Donald Medley
You'll love working with oils, trust me

Fabian D.
Your solution for the Zimmerit is genious. Nice finish aswell.

Donald Medley
Very nice indeed

Rui S
Thank you very much for your kind words Fabian, and Donald... as I wrote the kit waited years for a Zimmerit solution... All my latest projects are missing the figurines hehe...

Tim Heimer
Hey I know the pain of not doing faces as well, but all we can do is learn from others and do what fits our liking

Rui S
Agree. I Think the most important is practice... A lot, with new technics. I'm confident that with oils it's going to be better...

Rui S
Some ad on photos. I thought to put some figurines on the side track but for now, I'm going to try a messenger...

Wesley De Braekeleir
Ubercool!!! Love your work sofare! Very beautiful camo pattern on the elefant! 😉

Rui S
Thank you very much for your nice comments, mates.
Much appreciated :
)

CaptGPF
Damn Rui, that camo pattern is wicked! The mud effects are also impressive!

Mr James
I agree with CaptGPF, also that tree is really good. What did you use as leaves Rui ?

Rui S
@ CaptGPF, Thank you for your comment. I hope you liked that Wicked 😄 😉 this Is an old project that is on hold as well as the photos. I hope to take better photos and complete it.
@ Mr James Thank you for your Nice words. I hope you also liked that Wicked 😄 The tree is a bonsai that had died, I cut some leaves because they were too big. If I remember correctly, I spread small wood shavings and other natural ones that I had in my vegetation stash on the ground.
Also, I thank the new likes. Apreciated

Mr James
Ah, its a Bonsai tree. No wonder it looks so good. 🙂

Rui S
I'm very happy to say that I've returned to my mancave this weekend after a to long hiatus.
So to start I preferred a lighter job, although painting horses is not, in my opinion, easy.
Let's see what this will give...

Alec K
Nice to see you back at the bench, and another shelf queen resurrected. Horse looks great imho 👍

Doubtingmango
Great job breathing life into an old kit, and I can't think of a better use for a dead bonsai tree! Looking forward to the finish!

gorby
Good to you back modelling Rui.
The horse looks great.

Rui S
@Alec, Thank you for your kind words and support. It is always great for me to receive such encouragement, even more so, when they come from a master modeler.
@Doubtingmango thx mate, I agree with you., but hey, I can only return to my bench on weekends, só it Will take some time to finish. For me the most important thing was getting my mojo back.
@Gorby, Thank you very much my friend, for your motivational words. They are always very important to me.
The horse will still improve, I hope. At least that's what I'll try to do without ruining all the work that has already been done 🤔 😉

CaptGPF
wow! you aren't horsing around (pun intended)! They look amazing!

Rui S
Thank you for your comment CaptGPF, Glad you like my hors ing 😄. Apreciated

Landlubber Mike
Nicely done!

Desert Marlin
Looks great! The coat should shimmer like a newly minted US penny. (Shiny Copper). I'll follow!!!

Ben M
I hate to be the first to inform you, that is not a tiger, nor is it an elephant, it is a horse.

Kim Branders
Rui, the horse looks amazing.

Rui S
@Landlubber Mike. Thank you for your comment. Glad you like this one
@Desert Marlin, I know whar you mean. I've been hesitating about highlights with a soft airbrush of satin black or satin varnish on the most exposed surfaces. I hadn't thought about copper. But yes, it will have to have some shine.
@Ben M, Hahaha. Thank you. Your comment with a triple meaning has made me laugh several times, but in my defense I can tell you that this horse It is known as having the strength of an elephant and bites like a tiger. That's why they nicknamed him tiger elephant. 😄
@Kim, thank you very much Mate for stoping bye and comment. Always apreciate your suport.

bughunter
I'm not really into tanks but that is a great looking horse 👍

Rui S
Wow, this is an unexpected comment. It's always great to receive a compliment from a Master. Thank you so much for stopping by and for those encouraging words. Appreciate it.

Ben M
Did you give the horse a dark wash around the tendons or post shade?

Rui S
Hi Ben, If i reacall corrctely, I gave a little bit of both, sarting with a black primer, overal coats with oils leaving those spots almost unpainted or with less coverage.

Angel Yovtshev
These horses were a nice surprise, Rui!

I'm currently fighting the harnesses of a two-horse team pulling a gun carriage(it's a hard fight- I can tell you!).
Your reins look splendid!

Cheers,
Angel

Pietro De Angelis
Damn, what a gestation this work has had,
it gives me hope that sooner or later I too will finish something!😅
Congratulations for the scene and for what you managed to do with that old Elefant, the horse is wonderful!
Admiration and respect

Desert Marlin
Very well done! Keep it up!!!

Rui S
@ Angel Yovtshev, Thank you for stoping by. Mate Your comment was also a nice surprise to me. Apreciated. I'm sure that for a master scratch builder like you, the harnesses will be a piece of cake. Looking forward to see it.
@ Pietro De Angelis, Thx a lot for you praise, really Apreciated. But you are right and If you would know the century I started the Italeri kit... 😄 I'm a slow modeller wich fails to keep the Mojo high for long periods, so, it's nice to make a few more steps to conclusion. I'm glad you like my work on the Elefant and horse.
@Desert Marlin, Thx again for your suport, it means a lot to me. I'm sure you noticed that i've followed your advise and gave it a soft overcoat of satin Varnish on the upper or most exposed surfaces 😉

Desert Marlin
I did indeed notice! Bravo!

Gary Victory
Really nice progress Rui. Impressive work on the soldiers camo.

Alec K
Nice progress on the embarrassed rider 👍

Doubtingmango
Headless horseman arrives just in time for Halloween!

Desert Marlin
Looking absolutely great!

Mark Sherwood
Nice work on the Hoss' the shading's brought out the musculature. The camo' on the headless horseman is top notch too. 🤟🥸🤘

Rui S
Hi, mates, sorry for my late reply, but I prefer to do it with some new uploaded progress photos. Gettting near to the end on this two. Hope you like them.
@ Gary Victory, Thank you very much for stoping by and nice comment;
@ Alec K, Thx again for your words, the rider come back with proud;
@ Doubtingmango, Thx for looking. Now I think he is redy for another kind of Halloween, if you get my drift;
@ Desert Marlin, thank you for your kind words, suport and Encouragement. Apreciated;
@ Mark Sherwood, Thank you for your nice comment. I know nothing about horse anatomy, so I follow the reliefs and I Think I can be happy with the result.

Desert Marlin
Just looks awesome! The progress is excellent!

Guy Rump
Superb so far!! 👍

Rui S
@ Desert Marlin, Thank you a lot for your Great suport.
Near the end as intended in photo 19 (June 20, 2016, 😮).
A few more bits and pieces and I can finaly close this chapter. That makes me very happy.

Rui S
@ Guy, sorry, didn't notice your comment during the uploading of the photos. Thank you. I'm glad you comment and like it.
@CaptGPF, I take this opportunity to post the images that inspire the camouflage painting. The numbering remained on the decals that I had.

Desert Marlin
Aye! It's a good feeling!

Rui S
@ Desert Marlin, Thanks again for your words. Apreciared.
Completed? Huummm 🤔

gorby
WOW! Excellent diorama Rui.

CaptGPF
Damn Rui! That was truly a masterpiece! Its times like this I wish there was a tech to capture a 3D photo of this so we can turn it around and admire every detail put into the diorama! The hours riding messenger, the tank crewman, the various munitions, even the foliage on the realistic tree barks - all done to perfection detail! I cannot thank you enough for sharing this with us - truly a joy to watch!

Pietro De Angelis
Absolutely agree with CaptGPF,
congrats again Rui!

Lebloge
Everything is said above... 🤔 there are no other words 🫡

J35J
Excellent work! 👍🏻

Neil
Gosh Rui! This is a story in a model. Stunning work mate! I can only add my own admiration also. 👏👏

Desert Marlin
That horse is absolutely perfect!!!

Desert Marlin
A letter from home or a communiqué from HQ?

Sebastian Meyner
Great work Rui S 👍 Knowing the old Italeri kit, you did a great job integrating it into a splendid diorama! I think I would have already given up halfway "through" the horse 😉

Neuling
Excellent diorama. Idea and implementation. Your efforts really paid off!

Rui S
I'm very happy to receive such nice comments. This was a great ride 😄
@ Gorby, Thank you so much, really important to me your approval
@ CaptGPF, Wow, thank you very much for your very kind words, it makes me feel very proud and the pleasure is mine
@ Pietro De Angelis, Thank you for your comment. Appreciated
@ Lebloge thx for stopping by. I'm glad you like this one
@ J35J Thx. It's good to know your apreciation
@ Neil Mate, thank you very much for stoppping by and comment. Very nice feeling
@ Desert Marlin, Thx again for your continuos suport. You're to kind. The message is brought by the horse rider. A sturmmann from the 9th SS Panzer Division "Hohenstaufen", so doesn't come from home, it comes straight from the XXIV.PANZER-KORPS, HQ 😉
@ Sebastian Meyner. Thank you for your nice words. Yap the the elefant is almost as old as the kit itself, 😄 had this in stand by for years and the horse at first it was a bit intimidating and frightening, but I can assure you it feels really great to finish it finally.
@ Neuling my friend, thank you very much for your comment. Coming from an dio expert, feels great.

David Verbruggen
Great diorama , i need to paint also some horses . i find my inspiration here !

Gary Victory
Really nice dio Rui. Some lovely attention to detail. Loving the Autumn foliage. Very well done my Friend.

Alec K
Outstanding work as usual. Final pics are excellent 👍

Desert Marlin
Good to know some details for the story! Makes it more real! Cheers!

Doubtingmango
Great finish Rui! The horse and figured are fantastic

Rui S
@ David Verbruggen, Thank you for your comment. Glad you like this one and that you consider this work inspiring
@ Gary Victory, Thank you for stoping bye and your kind comment. It waited so long that since I was finishing it now I might as well add a few more details.
@ Alec K, Thx for your praise , Apreciated
@ Desert Marlin, I always like to research the subject and this one come from a book called "The Combat History of German Heavy Anti-Tank Unit 653"
@ Doubtingmango, thx mate, I enjoy doing them and I was lucky (and happy), that they have turned out fine.

Desert Marlin
Bravo Zulu!

Clair Greenwood
I keep hearing that AOL guy in my head... "You've got mail", great dio Rui 🙂

Robin (WhiteGlint)
Wonderful diorama Rui. The tree is a real eye catcher too. 👍
Sorry to hear it's a bonsai that died. I try to grow and train some myself but so far they didn't make it longer than a few years. Was especially sad about a number of oaks I planted, which died after four years.

But yours makes for a great asset in your diorama. So in a way you gave it a new life and it can at least live on there.

Cheers!

Ben M
Just another amazing result, Rui. It tells a story, and the craftsmanship is extremely high. It was very enjoyable to watch this one be built, it sounds like you learned lots of new things, and as always you share your knowledge with other modelers. Thank you.

Rui S
@ Desert Marlin, 😄 👍
@ Clair Greenwood, Thank you very much for stoping by and comment. Yap He is in a hurry 😉 Apreciated
@ Robin (WhiteGlint), Thank you for your kind words. I'm glad you like this one. It's not easy to take care of bonsais at least for me, so 4 years is already a luxury and Yap mine Will live in the Dio forever. We i've to take care of a real garden.
@ Ben M, Thanks a lot Mate, for your Nice comment. Really Apreciated and Yap I learn a lot with all my buildes. I think We all do, When we really put in the effort to get a good result. Knowing that it was nice for you to see my work gives me great joy. Thx again

Siegfried Van den Bosch
Nice one.... fine details!

Guy Rump
Excellent modelling. 👍

Rui S
@ Siegfried Van den, Thank you very much. I'm happy that you enjoy the details on this one.
@ Guy Rump, Thank you so much for stoping by and your kind comment. I really apreciate that.

Mirko Römer
Reminds of my grandpa who travelled, well, yes, invaded, Russia by horse. Your scene looks very real, Rui, superb work!

Ed
wow.... stunning job !!
Great details !

Chrisswe
Excellent work! Really like the horse next to the Elefant🙂

Rui S
@ Mirko Römer, Thank you very much for stoping by and your nice comment. I'm hoping that your grandfather made it out of the Eastern Front hell and glad this dio reminded you of him.
I have a couple books about German cavalry from that time, if you are interested in them send me a PM.
@ Ed, thank you so much for your kind comment. I appreciate it alot.
@ Chrisswe, Thank you very much for your words, I'm really glad you like it.

Rui S
Another beautiful work & model 👍

U1 PLAMO
Thank you Rui S!

Robin (WhiteGlint)
The dirty Panzer IV, nice idea! Good work on the rusty paint job.

gorby
Excellent! Deserves more photos.

B. M.
Very nice Skyhawk! Agree with gorby, additional photos most welcome.

Rui S
Great paintjob and Great model collection. Congratulations 👍

Rui S
A Beauty 👍

Stuart Fowle
Lovely finish 👍